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and who shall have satisfied the Civil Service Com-
missioners of their eligibility in respect of age, health,
and character, shall be certified by the said Com-
missioners to be entitled to be appointed to the Civil
Service of India, provided they shall comply with
the Regulations in force at the time for that Service.
12. Applications from persons desirous to be ad-
mitted as Candidates are to be addressed to the
Secretary to the Civil Service Commissioners, London,
S.W., from whom the proper form for the purpose
may be obtained.
17th June, 1875.

The Civil Service Commissioners are authorized by
the Secretary of State for India in Council to make
the following announcements:---
(1.) Selected Candidates will be permitted to choose,* accord-
ing to the order in which they stand in the list resulting from
the open competition, as long as a choice remains, the Presidency
(and in Bengal the Division of the Presidency) to which they
shall be appointed, but this choice will be subject to a different
arrangement should the Secretary of State or Government of
India deem it necessary.
(2.) No Candidate will be permitted to proceed to India before
he shall have passed the Final Examination, and received a
certificate of qualification from the Civil Service Commissioners,
or after he shall have attained the age of twenty-four years.
(3.) The seniority in the Civil Service of India of the selected
Candidates shall be determined according to the order in which
they stand on the list resulting from the Final Examination.
(4.) It is the intention of the Secretary of State to allow the
sum of £50 after each of the three first half-years of probation,
and £150 after the last half-year, to each selected Candidate
who shall have passed the required Examinations to the satis-
faction of the Commissioners, and shall have complied with
such rules as may be laid down for the guidance of selected
Candidates.
(5.) All selected Candidates will be required, after having
passed the Second Periodical Examination, to attend at the
India Office for the purpose of entering into an agreement
binding themselves, amongst other things, to refund in certain
cases the amount of their allowance in the event of their failing
to proceed to India. For a Candidate under age, a surety will
be required.
(6.) After passing the Final Examination, each Candidate
will be required to attend again at the India Office, with the
view of entering into covenants and giving a bond for £1,000,
jointly with two sureties, for the due fulfilment of the same.
The stamps payable on these documents amount to £1 10s.
(7.) Candidates rejected at the Final Examination of 1878
will in no case be allowed to present themselves for re-exami-
nation.

CIVIL SERVICE OF INDIA.

FORM OF APPLICATION TO BE FILLED UP BY
CANDIDATES.
** This Form must be sent so as to be received at the
Office of the Civil Service Commission before the
1st of February, 1876.

To the Secretary, Civil Service Commission.
SIR, — Date.
I beg to inform you that I desire to be a Can-
didate at the forthcoming Examination for the Civil
Service of India.
As required by the Regulations, I transmit here-
with-
(1.) A certificate of my birth, showing that I was
born on the day of , 18
,
and therefore my age on March 1, 1876, will
be above 17 years (complete), and under 21
years.†

• This choice must be exercised immediately after the result
  of the open competition is announced, on such day as may be
  fixed by the Civil Service Commissioners.
  Note. (1.) If a General Register Office certificate cannot be
  obtained, the instructions printed on the other side will show
  what evidence should be supplied. If evidence is already in the
  hands of the Commissioners, strike out "A certificate of my
  birth," and insert "Evidence is already in the possession of the
  Commissioners."

(2.) A certificate signed by
of my having
"no disease, constitutional affection, or bodily
infirmity, unfitting me for the Civil Service of
India."*
(3.) Proof of my moral character,† viz.,—
(1.) A testimonial from
(2.) A testimonial from
(4.) A statement of the branches of knowledge in
which I desire to be examined,‡ viz.,—
I have also to state, with reference to section 2,
clause (a), of the Regulations, that I am a natural-
born subject of Her Majesty.
I am, Sir,
Your obedient Servant,

Name in full
Address

EVIDENCE OF AGE TO BE REQUIRED FROM CANDIDATES
FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE OF INDIA.
I. Every Candidate born in England or Wales
should produce a certificate from the Registrar-
General of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, or from
one of his provincial officers. This certificate may
be obtained at Somerset House, or from the Super-
intendent Registrar of the district in which the birth
took place.
II. A Candidate who is a Native of India must
have his age certified by the Government of India, or
of the Presidency or Province in which he may have
resided.
III. Every other Candidate, not producing the cer-
tificate mentioned in clause 1, must prove his age by
statutory declaration, and should also, if possible,
produce a record of birth or baptism from some official
register; under which term may be included the
parochial registers of baptisms, the non-parochial
registers of baptisms and births deposited at Somerset
House under Acts of Parliament, the register kept at
the India Office of persons born in India, &c., &c.
This Regulation applies--

1. To all Candidates not born in England or
   Wales.
2. To Candidates who, though born in England
   or Wales, cannot produce the Registrar-
   General's certificate.
   The Civil Service Commissioners reserve to them-
   selves the right of deciding in each case upon the
   sufficiency of the evidence produced, but they subjoin
   the following general rules for the guidance of Can-
   didates:—
   (a.) The declaration should specify precisely the
   date and place of birth, and should, if pos-
   sible, be made by the father or mother of
   the Candidate. If made by any other per-
   son, it should state the circumstances which
   enable the declarant to speak to the fact.
   If an entry in a Bible or other family record
   be referred to, the Bible or other record
   must be produced at the time of making
   the declaration, and must be mentioned
   in the declaration as having been so pro-
   duced.

• (2.) The terms indicated by the marks of quotation must
  appear in the certificate, which must be given after personal
  examination, and bear date not earlier than 1st January, 1876.
  † (3.) Two testimonials must be sent bearing date not earlier
  than 1st January, 1876. One of them should be given by an
  intimate acquaintance (not a relative) of not less than three or
  four years' standing; the other, if the Candidate has recently
  left school, should be given by his late schoolmaster, or if he
  has had employment of any kind, by his late employer. If the
  Candidate has been at any University, he should send a certifi-
  cate of good conduct from his college tutor.
  (4.) If mathematics be named, state whether pure or mixed,
  or both, are intended; if natural science be mentioned, state
  which branches.